osnaburg
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of osnaburg
1535–45; irregular after Osnabrück ( def. ), known for its linen
Example Sentences
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Us clothes was homespun osnaburg, what us would dye, sometimes solid and sometimes checked.
From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration
The linen tablecloth was either of holland, huckaback, dowlas, osnaburg, or lockram—all heavy and comparatively coarse materials—or of fine damask, just as to-day; some of the handsome board-cloths were even trimmed with lace.
From Home Life in Colonial Days by Alice Morse Earle
Us's clo's was made outten osnaburg cloth an' dyed wid cop'rus an' sometime dey mix terbaccy an' peach tree leabes wid de dye.
From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration
She left the room, returning almost immediately with two flowered frocks of osnaburg, and two enormous kerchiefs of the same stuff.
From Peggy Owen at Yorktown by Lucy Foster Madison
Us wore mostly slips, wove in homemade looms; an' dey was osnaburg an' homespun.
From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration
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